120 seiten. deutsch, englisch. 4to. (quartformat). okarton/ softcover. with an interview by legacy russell with the artist and two essays by tiffany barber and magdalena kröner. 'allana clarke is a trinidadian-american artist whose practice contends with ideas of blackness and the binding nature of bodily signification. fluidly moving through sculptural and text-based work, photo­graphy, video and performance, she explores the possibility to create new, non-totalizing identifying structures. the artist looks at the ways in which she was conditioned through rituals into a world that is anti-black. this publication is clarke’s first monograph and provides a comprehensive overview of her work to date.'(zander galerie). die erste publikation zu den arbeiten des shooting star / es liegt eine mischung aus klage und anklage in ihrem blick, auch wut auf eine gesellschaft, die junden schwarzen frauen falsche schönheitsideale andient, und scham darüber, daß sie selbst glaubte, daß es genau so sein müßte. // the first publication of the shooting star's work / there is a mixture of complaint and accusation in her gaze, as well as anger at a society that serves up false ideals of beauty to young black women, and shame that she herself believed that this is exactly how it should be.(vlg. w. könig) . tadelloses exemplar/ mint copy.